释义 |
tea·sel I. noun also tea·sle or tea·zel or tea·zle \ˈtēzəl\ (-s) Etymology: Middle English tesel, tasel, from Old English tǣsel; akin to Old High German zeisila teasel, Old English tǣsan to tease — more at tease 1. : a plant of the genus Dipsacus (especially D. fullonum and D. sylvestris) — see fuller's teasel, wild teasel 2. a. : a flower head of the fuller's teasel covered with firm finely hooked bracts and used when dried to raise a nap on woolen cloth b. : a wire substitute for the fuller's teasel [teasel 1] II. transitive verb (teaseled or teaselled ; teaseled or teaselled ; teaseling or teaselling \-z(ə)liŋ\ ; teasels) : to nap (cloth) with teasels |